Whopping $100m water bill shocks US man

HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina: The water bill was not so bad, but the service charge was eye-popping. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that Kieran Healy of Orange County in central North Carolina got a water bill for $189.92. The service charge was a dollar shy of $100 million. Healy said he asked Orange Water and Sewer Authority on Twitter on Wednesday if he could make instalment payments. Healy posted later Wednesday the utility assured him that his bill was wrong. The utility’s Stephen Winters said an outside company sends payment reminder e-mails to customers before their account is drafted. Winters said a mistake made it appear Healy faced a huge bill. Winters said he does not know how many customers may get e-mails with incorrect service charges, but the company is sending out apology messages.

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